Jonah Hill to make directing debut

The comedy actor is in talks with Sony Pictures to helm 'The Kitchen Sink', which tells the story of a teenage vampire, a zombie, and a human who team up to defend their town from invading aliens.

The film will be based on a script by Oren Uziel while Matt Tolmach will produce.

Last year, Jonah - best known for his performances in 'Superbad' and 'Get him to the Greek' - revealed he was glad to have a serious role in 'Cyrus' as it was the first project he undertook where he had to "shake off" the character at the end of the day. He said: "Yeah it's definitely more of a dramatic stretch for me. It was the first time ever it was difficult for me to go home at the end of the day and shake off what I was doing earlier in the day and just hang with my friends or my girlfriend and be normal after playing such a severely affected guy."

This year, Jonah has a number of projects set for release including 'Moneyball' and 'The Sitter'.